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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much does Amir save Paolo by catching a mistake in his paralegal’s work?
(a) $8.1 million
(b) $850,000.
(c) $1.8 million
(d) $81 million

2. What is Amir’s specialization in law?
(a) Mergers and acquisitions.
(b) Criminal law.
(c) Intellectual property.
(d) Real estate and insurance.

3. Who does Amir say Emily should get to pose for this portrait?
(a) His cousin.
(b) His nephew.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her old boyfriend.

4. How successful was Emily’s last show?
(a) Critics hated it and paintings didn't sell.
(b) Critics liked it but paintings did not sell.
(c) Critics loved it and paintings sold well.
(d) Critics hated it, but paintings sold.

5. How does Akhtar characterize Emily?
(a) Voluptuous.
(b) Thin.
(c) Chaste.
(d) Lithe.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the painting over the mantel piece represent?

2. In the text Amir is reading in Scene Two, what did he say Imam Fareed had been denied?

3. Why does Amir say he never told Emily about Rivkah?

4. What does Amir think will cause readers of the text he is reading to will look at, and jump to conclusions about him?

5. In Scene One, what position is Paolo in?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the statue of Siva on the mantelpiece?

2. How does Emily appropriate Islamic art?

3. How has Isaac’s mind recently changed about Emily’s work, as seen in Scene 2?

4. What do we learn about Emily when Amir tells her that she should have her black Spanish boyfriend sit for her?

5. How does Scene Two build on the resolution of Scene One, where Amir said that he would think about speaking for Imam Fareed?

6. Why is there confusion over Abe’s name?

7. What is Amir’s relationship with the painting his wife’s painting is based on?

8. What is the archetype for Amir Kapoor’s character?

9. What is the significance of the stage direction indicating that Amir speaks with a flawless accent?

10. How has Emily’s family handled her choice of men?

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